TheJAF Grand Prix All Japan Fuji 1000 km, was the second round of both the1989 All Japan Sports Prototype Championship and the1989 Fuji Long Distance Series was held at theFuji International Speedway, on the 30 April, in front of a crowd of approximately 58,000.[1]
A total of 17 cars were entered for the event, in two classes, one for cars running toGroup C1 specification and the other toIMSA GTP regulations.[1]
TheNissan Motorsport car ofAnders Olofsson andMasahiro Hasemi tookpole position, in theirNissan R88C ahead of teammatesKazuyoshi Hoshino andToshio Suzuki, by only 0.269secs.[2]
The race was held over 224 laps of the Fuji circuit, a distance of 1000 km (actual distance was 1001.28 km).Vern Schuppan,Eje Elgh andKeiji Matsumoto took the winner spoils for theOmron Racing Team, driving theirPorsche 962C. The trio won in a time of 5hr 30:36.816mins., averaging a speed of 133.571 mph. Second place went toGeorge Fouché andSteven Andskär in the Trust Racing Team'sPorsche 962GTi who finished about 15 seconds adrift. Coming in third was the pole winning Nissan of Olofsson and Hasemi. They finished 1 lap behind the winners.[3]
Class Winners are inBold text.
